Amos Joseph Otis (born April 26, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and coach.

[2][4] He ranks tenth among center fielders in Major League Baseball history in career putouts.

On December 3, 1969, Royals general manager Cedric Tallis sent third baseman Joe Foy to the Mets in exchange for the young Otis and pitcher Bob Johnson.

[1] Otis scored the final run ever at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium in the fifth inning on October 4, 1972.

[13] Otis hit as many as 26 homers in a season, recorded 90 RBI or more three times, twice led the AL in doubles and once in stolen bases with 52.

On September 12, 1977, Otis helped eight youths who were stranded after a Royals game had been rained out when flooding prevented the boys' parents picking them up.

[1] In a 17-season career, Otis posted a .277 batting average, with 193 home runs and 1,007 RBI in 1,998 games while stealing 341 bases.

[1] Otis worked for the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies as a hitting instructor, later retiring to Las Vegas.

[17] Studies done years later have demonstrated that despite many players being devotees of using corked bats, it not only didn't help, it may actually have been a hindrance.